Chapter 119 Serving the Marquis
Yun Qiao then lifted the door curtain and walked in. "How did the Marquis know I was standing outside?"
"I only heard you come in, but not leave. I guess you were listening from outside the door just now."
Chen Jingyan looked extremely unhappy.
Yun Qiao lowered her head and said nothing.
"Alright, don't stand here anymore. Let someone find you a room so you can get some rest. You're not a doctor if I'm sick, so what's the point of you coming?"
After hearing what Chen Jingyan said, Yun Qiao would have turned around and left if she had been more ruthless.
But she saw that Chen Jingyan was in this situation and still cared about her.
My heart began to hesitate.
Forget it, I take money from people and help them eliminate disasters.
She had already accepted the money given by the old lady, so naturally she couldn't just leave the Marquis here to fend for himself without asking any questions.
"My Lord, please don't think too much. I was only ordered to come and take care of you."
After saying that, she walked straight up to Chen Jingyan.
"The old lady told me to bring you back alive, or she would kill me. So now, for the sake of my own life, I have to take good care of you."
As Yun Qiao spoke, she ran outside again and brought some clean clothes.
"The old lady specially asked me to bring it."
"I will change with you now."
Chen Jingyan said, "I want to take a bath."
Yun Qiao: "Just think about it."
Noticing that Chen Jingyan's gaze was too sharp, Yun Qiao finally said, "My Lord, you don't know that this disease has a very strange onset. It can't stand water, especially cold water. Please bear with it for now. When you recover, you can have a good bath."
"Then wipe it for me."
Chen Jingyan said in a muffled voice: "You can always do this."
Yun Qiao saw that he really didn't look well, so she went to get some hot water and washed his hair first, then quickly lit the stove and dried his hair.
While his hair was drying, the room became as warm as spring or summer. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Yun Qiao helped him wipe his body.
But when Yun Qiao tried to pull his belt, Chen Jingyan resisted very much.
"I'll do the rest myself. You don't have to do it yourself."
Leave the upper body to her.
The rest is none of her business.
Yun Qiao originally found it strange. Could it be that Chen Jingyan was shy?
But on second thought, she suddenly understood.
Yun Qiao then took the dirty water out and prepared clean water in the house for the Marquis to wash himself.
The man was so exhausted that it was difficult for him to move, let alone clean.
It took a lot of effort just to take off the pants.
In the end, Yun Qiao came in and without saying a word, she pressed Chen Jingyan down and started to scrub him.
"Why are you still angry, Lord? You were the one who asked to wash up, and now I'm washing you, and you're not happy?"
Chen Jingyan whispered angrily, "Yun Qiao, you are so shameless. You have lost all your reserve."
Yun Qiao didn't care. She just thought of taking care of Chen Jingyan as a modern nurse taking care of a patient.
"My Lord, you have misjudged me. I have always been like this. It is good that you see it clearly now, so that you won't regret being so kind to me in the future."
Yun Qiao picked up the clothes that Chen Jingyan had changed out of and said in a low voice with a faint smile: "Actually, I was just pretending before."
"What about now?" Chen Jingyan asked her back.
Yun Qiao smiled softly and asked him, "What do you think?"
"Yun Qiao, you are so presumptuous."
Yun Qiao was not afraid of his anger and continued to speak in a stern voice, "I have been very presumptuous. If the Marquis is unhappy, then I will be punished. I have thought it through. The worst that can happen is that I will be banished to the cold courtyard."
Chen Jingyan snorted, "You have a good idea."
Letting her go to the cold courtyard would be what she wanted.
The more she didn't want to serve him, the more he wanted to keep her.
After Yun Qiao showed off her strength in the house, she turned around and left, but her expression turned cold. Why was Chen Jingyan so stubborn and unmoved?
She originally wanted to make the Marquis angry and fulfill her wish.
However, she didn't expect that Chen Jingyan would actually go along with her and let her do whatever she wanted.
Chen Jingyan allowed her to act like this, and Yun Qiao really didn't know what to do.
Forget it, since everyone has come to Guangcheng, mainly to take care of the Marquis, she will do her best to take good care of the Marquis, and don't really stay here.
He took the dirty clothes away, and when he saw that they were in good condition, he handed them to the people below to wash.
Yun Qiao came to serve Chen Jingyan, but she was not willing to do the job of washing clothes.
After finishing her work, she was so tired that she couldn't even straighten her back. However, the master in the house hadn't eaten yet, so Yun Qiao asked the kitchen to cook some porridge. As Chen Jingyan was from the north, he preferred sweet porridge, so she just made him eight-treasure porridge.
Added some sugar.
Yun Qiao brought the food to Chen Jingyan, and he seemed satisfied after eating it. It was not known whether it was because he was in a good mood after seeing the person he had been thinking about, so he ate a little more, or because he was very hungry.
Yun Qiao didn't care anymore.
Chen Jingyan was weak, and after he finished a small bowl of porridge, Yun Qiao didn't let him eat any more.
"Eat less. Be careful. If you eat too much later, it will hurt your body."
"I'm not full." He said this with a hint of grievance.
Yun Qiao took the bowl and chopsticks away, "You can't eat more even if you're not full. After an hour, I'll have someone bring some other food to the Marquis."
"I'm very tired from driving all this way, my lord. I want to sleep for a while, and you should rest too. If you want to recover quickly from this illness you have, you must rest well."
Chen Jingyan saw her yawning and felt distressed for no reason.
"Go sleep in the outer room."
"Yes, my Lord, rest assured, I will definitely not disturb you."
After saying this, Yun Qiao turned around and left, leaving Chen Jingyan with an innocent look on his face as he was misunderstood.
That's not what he meant at all.
He just wanted her to sleep in the outer room because he was afraid that his illness would be passed on to her.
But she misunderstood.
Yun Qiao went straight to the outer room, lay on the bed prepared by the maid, and thought about what Chen Jingyan had just said.
His meaning was obvious, he was worried about her.
But she didn't want the good he gave her.
Perhaps she was really tired, Yun Qiao fell asleep as soon as she lay down.
She also had a dream.
I dreamed of Xiaotao.
In the dream, Xiaotao hugged her legs and cried, saying that she didn't want to get married and wanted to follow the girl for the rest of her life. She would go wherever the girl went. She also said that if the girl didn't agree, she would commit suicide in front of the girl.
Suddenly I dreamed that Xiaotao was going to commit suicide, but the scene changed and it seemed like she encountered other things.
Yun Qiao suddenly woke up from her dream.
At this time, I found that it was already dark.
We agreed to prepare food for the Marquis in an hour, but now two hours have probably passed.
Yun Qiao hurriedly got up, tidied her hair, and went to the Marquis's room without changing her clothes.
Gu Heng had already arrived and told Chen Jingyan about his findings. Chen Jingyan's symptom was a persistent fever, which seemed to have a high fever again, and he was also coughing non-stop.
"Let my second brother investigate this matter first. Also, the imperial physician from Kyoto should be coming down soon, so my second brother should be busy for the time being."
Gu Heng said, "Being busy isn't scary. I'm just worried about your health. You know, Grandma is most concerned about you. I saw you were in good condition during the day, so why did you suddenly have a high fever again?"
"Is it because I gave the Marquis a bowl of porridge?" Yun Qiao said as she went into the house.
She told Gu Heng what she had done during the day.
Gu Heng frowned, but did not blame him. Instead, he said, "Maybe it's because of washing your hair."
Chen Jingyan stopped Yun Qiao from talking about wiping her body and only said she wanted to wash her hair.
Gu Heng immediately stood up to get some antipyretic medicine, and also told Yun Qiao not to wash the Marquis' hair again.
After Gu Heng left, Yun Qiao stared at the frail handsome man lying on the bed coughing.
"See, I told you not to wash your hair, but you insisted. Now your condition has worsened, and you're going to suffer."
"Noisy." He whispered, with a hint of irritation in his tone. He had originally thought that after seeing Yun Qiao, his mood would improve and his illness would be mostly gone, but he never expected that it would become more serious.
He had no intention of arguing with Yun Qiao.
After she shut up, Chen Jingyan lay down and said nothing.
There were intermittent coughing sounds.
Yun Qiao brought some hot water to him and fed him.
After waiting for half an hour, Gu Heng sent some medicine, which Yun Qiao fed to Chen Jingyan. After drinking the medicine, Chen Jingyan broke out in a sweat. Gu Heng told Yun Qiao to keep an eye on the Marquis, even at night, in case something happened...
In ancient times, a high fever could kill people.
Fortunately, Yun Qiao had slept for a few hours during the day, so she was not tired from staying up late.
Yun Qiao didn't feel relieved until dawn and the heat from the Marquis's body dissipated.
"Thank you for your hard work." He whispered in a hoarse voice due to the fever.
Yun Qiao said softly, "My Lord, why are you still being so polite? How are you feeling now? You haven't eaten anything all night, just drinking water. What do you want to eat? I'll make it for you."
"Don't worry about my food since you've been tired all night. Go and rest."
Don't ruin your health because of him.
Chen Jingyan had a high fever that recurred over and over again. It lasted for more than a month from the time he first fell ill to the time Yun Qiao and Gu Heng came, and his condition was sometimes better and sometimes worse.
It was almost the end of the year when Chen Jingyan finally recovered.
This disease seems to come one after another.
For those with mild illnesses, they would recover in three to seven days after taking the medicine prescribed by Gu Heng and the imperial physician.
If there are more, it means the time is long and uncertain.
For those who are seriously ill, the disease will recur several times.
Some people managed to survive, like Chen Jingyan and some strong men, but some elderly people and children could not bear it and died.
According to incomplete statistics, as many as 3,000 people were killed or injured in this epidemic in Guangcheng.
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